PARAGUAY

Officers rescue 15 Paraguayans held in slavery on Brazilian border

Published on: January 24, 2024
15:59

Asuncion, Jan 24 (Prensa Latina) A group of 15 Paraguayans subjected to slavery conditions in border territories with Brazil were rescued by forces operating in the boundaries between both countries, the local Ultima Hora daily unfolded on Wednesday.

MERCOSUR foreign ministers meet in Paraguay

Published on: January 24, 2024
09:44

Asuncion, Jan 24 (Prensa Latina) Foreign Ministers of the Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR) are meeting in this capital on Wednesday, the first one in which Paraguay holds the bloc's rotating presidency in the first half of 2024.

Paraguayan government claims of crime reduction rejected

Published on: January 23, 2024
11:01

Asunción, Jan 23 (Prensa Latina) Paraguayan President Santiago Peña's statement on Monday about a 75% reduction in crime since December generated indignation among the citizens, the newspaper Última Hora reported.

Call to reduce Paraguayan tariff for binational hydroelectric PP

Published on: January 22, 2024
12:32

Asunción, Jan 22 (Prensa Latina) Paraguay should propose an eventual reduction of its tariff to the binational hydroelectric power plant of Itaipu, while waiting to solve the matter during a second meeting with Brazil, the other co-owner of the power plant, a local expert proposed today.

Paraguayan Public Prosecutor’s Office studies nepotism in Congress

Published on: January 17, 2024
18:04

Asuncion, Jan 17 (Prensa Latina) Requesting the Paraguayan Congress by the Public Prosecutor's Office for reports on six lawmakers and their relatives accused of nepotism seeks to "have a complete X-ray" of these practices, Ultima Hora daily commented on Wednesday.

Paraguayan officers arrest cybercriminals

Published on: January 17, 2024
16:43

Asuncion, Jan 17 (Prensa Latina) Paraguayan officers arrested four members of an international network of cybercriminals who stole USD,000 from Argentine bank accounts in 2023, Ultima Hora daily reported on Wednesday.

Paraguayan newspaper calls to stop female violence increase

Published on: January 17, 2024
10:02

Asuncion, Jan 17 (Prensa Latina) During the first two weeks of the new year, violence against women in Paraguay registered an overwhelming increase, after a 2023 that left 45 deaths and some 80 orphaned children, the newspaper Ultima Hora commented today.

Presidents of Brazil and Paraguay hold talks

Published on: January 15, 2024
07:46

Brasilia, Jan 15 (Prensa Latina) President of Brazil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will receive his Paraguayan counterpart, Santiago Peña, to discuss the Itaipú hydroelectric plant agreement and the Southern Common Market (Mercosur).

Murders of six people in Paraguay attributed to drug traffickers

Published on: January 13, 2024
00:30

Asunción, Jan 13 (Prensa Latina) Paraguayan authorities and media attributed the murders on Thursday of six people in the northeastern department of Amambay, bordering Brazil, to drug traffickers, the newspaper ABC Color reported.

Paraguayan hospital beds full of dengue and Covid-19 cases

Published on: January 11, 2024
09:25

Asunción, Jan 11 (Prensa Latina) Paraguay has 80% of its hospital beds occupied by cases of the so-called "co-infection" of dengue and Covid-19, which concentrates both diseases in the same patient, ABC TV reports.

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